Tom Snyder Productions, a Scholastic company, is a leading developer and publisher of educational software for classrooms in the US. Universal Head created icon and interface designs for one of their educational products, TimeLiner XE.
TimeLiner is an intuitive software program which allows students to organize data—on multimedia timelines, sequences, and cycles—to see connections, and transform a world of information into real knowledge.
Universal Head worked carefully to create informative and instantly communicative icons for the program that were also aesthetically pleasing. Icon design is always a design challenge, and requires a lot of research, attention to detail and design skill. Several screens of interface design were also required by the client.
The program has been a great success; winning the Editor’s Choice award for Excellence in Design by the Children’s Technology Review, and the Instructor Teacher’s Pick: Best of 2009.